Copyright, 1910, by

THE PEARSON PUBLISHING CO.

Entered at Stationers' Hall London, England

Typography, Plates, Presswork and Binding by

The J. J. Little & Ives Co., New York.

CONTENTS

[Bernardin De Saint Pierre]
[Paul and Virginia 1]
[Anna Sewell]
[Black Beauty's New Home(Black Beauty) 49]
[William Shakespeare]
[Portia and Shylock(The Merchant of Venice) 69]
[Romeo and Juliet 86]
[Percy Bysshe Shelley]
[To a Skylark 95]
[Robert Southey]
[The Battle of Blenheim 100]
[Robert Louis Stevenson]
[Will o' the Mill 104]
[An Apology for Idlers 141]
[The Wind 155]
[Keepsake Mill 155]
[The Moon 156]
[Looking-glass River 157]
[Winter-Time 158]
[My Shadow 159]
[Autumn Fires 160]
[Robert Story]
[The Whistler 161]
[Agnes Strickland]
[Henrietta Maria, Wife of Charles I 163]
[John Suckling]
[Why So Pale and Wan? 211]
[I Prithee, Send Me Back My Heart 212]
[Jonathan Swift]
[A Voyage to Lilliput (Gulliver's Travels) 214]
[Robert Tannahill]
[The Braes o' Balquhither 239]
[The Flower o' Dumblane 240]
[Alfred Tennyson]
[Lady Clare 242]
[Lady Clara Vere de Vere 246]
[Come Into the Garden, Maud 249]
[Break, Break, Break 251]
[The Miller's Daughter 252]
[St. Agnes 253]
[William Makepeace Thackeray]
[The Princess Angelica (The Rose and the Ring) 255]
[The Cane-bottom'd Chair 300]
[A Tragic Story 302]
[To Mary 303]
[Little Billee 304]
[Fairy Days 305]
[Mrs. Katherine's Lantern 307]
[Lucy's Birthday 309]
[Piscator and Piscatrix 310]
[Pocahontas 312]